About Feminism

truthstobetold · 2022-08-10T16:04:39+00:00

I do! In the old sense I guess. As long as long as the woman voice is equal to that of a man, and vice versa, we don't really need feminism. However we should know about the history and how there's is still places around the world in which women are looked downed upon.

Grammar and spelling is not really working at the moment, sorry.

Glad-Discount-4761 · 2022-08-10T10:29:23+00:00

I am not subscribed to any of it.

If anything related to feminism,I have joined some organization but that is about women health and menstruation as it is kind of taboo in my country so I guess that doesn't count.

I don't even understand why some people join it just to argue against them.Thats waste of time as their opinion will not be changed.

rurunoa · 2022-08-11T01:27:36+00:00

i subscribe to it however not to liberal feminism. i think intersectional feminism is very important, people seem to forget that women outside of america and western europe exist and that these women are actually the majority. even living in the west wont help you if you’re underage and your parents threaten to send you back to your home country to marry your cousin who is 20 years older than you

2022-08-10T21:03:50+00:00

Having travelled a lot, the progressive countries and considerably better functioning and happier places to live.

The UK Isn't amazingly progressive - but the dating woes we have here pale in comparison to America's.

For example I have never felt compelled to have dinner dates and have the man pay, I feel comfortable asking men out and rarely get slut shamed.

I'm also happy that my daughter will be dating boys and men who have had sufficient sex education and education about consent. It's a lot better than what I had and I am grateful for that.

Marzipan-Happy · 2022-08-11T06:41:25+00:00

Any group that takes ideologies to an extreme without forethought or logic is idiotic.

Feminism, the manosphere, Maga, extreme left, religion, You name it.

I belive women should earn what men do, that they have the right to vote, I belive that women deserve bodily autonomy, and that menstruation should not be treated as shameful.

I am not a feminist.

Wide_Result9679 · 2022-08-10T15:37:59+00:00

A woman had to pretend to be a dude to run a marathon in the '60s because women weren't allowed to. Of course feminism was necessary.

The modern wave is also relevant to me. #metoo let women (and men!) know they weren't alone in being assaulted or harassed and were supported if they spoke up. OnlyFans has allowed some women (and men!) to make a great living in a field where performers were often ridiculously underpaid and didn't have distribution rights to their own videos. Body positivity can go too far imo (a friend of mine had people unfollow her on social media for losing weight for her health, GOD FORBID) but people have given fat people far too much shit for far too long a time.

And we still have loads of men who like to say women belong in the home, women shouldn't work, women should be submissive, etc. So yeah, feminism is still needed.

EulenWatcher · 2022-08-10T13:16:04+00:00

I'm a feminist, because it's the only movement that pushes for women's rights where I live. I'm not from the US.

mcove97 · 2022-08-10T19:19:23+00:00

The ideology or the basic definition? Because I think men and women should have equal rights, but I don't subscribe to any of the broader ideology behind feminist philosophy, like the patriarchy theory which is hardly an accurate or precise theory that describes mens and women's issues in society, historically speaking and it's definition is especially not descriptive of modern progressive countries like the one I live in… where women as a group are definitely not oppressed. I've had feminists try to tell me that Norway is a patriarchy and it usually boils to them grasping at straws like arguing that societal gender expectations exists that causes different unequal outcomes for men and women and incorrectly conflating that with patriarchy. If I lived in a patriarchy men and women wouldn't largely have the same opportunities to begin with, and that's usually where the conversation ends. That said, that's not to say that men and women don't still face issues.. but yeah, I feel like feminism by large isn't the solution to the issues women face, and it's definitely not the solution to the issues men face. I also think feminists are naive to think that women and men can have the same outcomes when they want to make vastly different choices in life due to differences in their sexes, aka reproductive ability. (Controversial take I know).

Sure-Vermicelli4369 · 2022-08-10T18:15:19+00:00

I believe in equality for women.

But that's not what feminism means anymore.

Search-United · 2022-08-10T20:13:20+00:00

No not really modern feminism is a joke especially in the west

Peacesquad · 2022-08-11T23:32:01+00:00

Lmao nice joke

_Jucia · 2022-08-12T20:55:34+00:00

Me! 23F, African intersectional feminist here... many reasons actually... but at the core of everything, I want to be able to make my own choices, live in the world freely, as well as feel and be safe.

catniagara · 2022-08-11T01:49:57+00:00

I’m a feminist.

Why? Well that’s a novel.

I’m a feminist because my brother was allowed to go out for teams and I wasn’t because there weren’t any girls teams.

I’m a feminist because my brother was handed job after job because he was a boy and I was repeatedly told “girls can’t do landscaping” and “girls can’t paint houses”. Apparently girls can’t push ONE button in a factory either. So while he could afford to buy a car by the time he was 14, I was always broke.

I’m a feminist because I was a beautiful young girl who got accused of sleeping with every teacher to get a grade and every boss to get a job. And often the harassment got so bad I quit.

I’m a feminist because the dress code ONLY applies to girls who look like me, and is meant to deny us an education so people can devalue us and say we’re stupid later. Because half the girls in my classes had their bras hanging out and I got a suspension for having the top button of my uniform undone. And I got another suspension for “not wearing a bra” from a principle who knew some psycho guy had cut the strap.

I’m a feminist because when my best friend was raped the cops said nobody would believe her because “who can blame a guy, when you walk around looking like that?”

That’s also why I attend slutwalk because of the girl who publicized that behaviour on the part of Toronto police.

I’m a feminist because 45% of rape victims are male and if we can’t get justice for female victims what chance do they have of being believed?

I’m a feminist because if we keep raising sons the way we’re raising them now they will continue to bring guns to school, run over people with cars, normalize drug abuse and rape.

I’m a feminist because of men like Bob Ross and Fred Rogers and Jim Henson, who saw the problems with toxic masculinity and did real work to change the way men interacted with women and with each other. I still remember an episode where Ross said “when you go home don’t hit your wife, don’t kick your dog, you can bang your brushes off the canvas and you’ll feel better”

I’m a feminist because when the low self-esteem, high manipulation PUA movement showed up, far too many men were overly excited about living in an ever-shrinking circle of hatred and distrust toward women, DESPITE how hard those men worked to teach them differently.

I’m a feminist because Care Bears taught me everyone has special talents that I should recognize and I felt kinda lied to when I grew boobs.

I’m a feminist because the kind of men who are a threat to just and fair society hate feminists. So they must be doing something right.

I’m a feminist because every man I ever saw threaten or abuse someone liked throwing the word “feminist” around as an insult and I thought “ah! So that’s how I repulse them!”

I’m a feminist because many men (and some women) still describe sexual harassment and even rape as a privilege.

I’m a feminist because you can safely have sex with feminist men without them destroying your life.

Because conservative dudes often have passive aggressive narcissistic moms.

And for only about a hundred other reasons every single day.

I literally “subscribe”….to 6 different feminist publications and I own all of Debbie Stoller’s books, AND Roxanne Gay’s eyebrow wiggle

Why. 😊 cuz.

IHateNormis · 2022-08-10T22:26:46+00:00

I do not believe in feminism. I do not support something that is against my self interest. I have no interest in supporting feminism since females don’t care about me, why should I care about them?

gilamonster69 · 2022-08-10T11:57:40+00:00

I don’t think there is a need for it in the first place. Look at it now!! It is eating itself out like a self serving lesbian. Feminism stems from communism and the pipe dream of trying to redefine nature to suit one demography over the all others. The results of it are more unhappy people in the world.

Title	About Feminism
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Date	August 10, 2022 8:57 AM UTC (5 months ago)
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